Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

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Pugin regrets the meaningless designs used Ьу early Victorian clock makeгs. Не calls attention to the fact that " it is not unusual to cast а Roman warl'iOl' in а flying chaгiot, round one of the whe 0 els of which on close inspection the hours may Ьс descried; or the whole fгont of а cathedгal clшrch reduccd to а few inches in heigl1t, with thc clock face occupying tl1e position of а magnificent rose window ! " Tliis is not overdrawn; taste has suffered many vicissitudes iп the course of timc, Ьнt we hope that the future will hold шоrе beauty fш нs in the familiar articles of tl1e household than haУе prevailed at some periods in the past.